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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wet nurse

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
wet nurse
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child.

noun

Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.

verb

To act as a wet nurse (in either sense).

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

wet nurses (plural) wet-nurse (alternative) wetnurse (alternative) wet nurses (present, singular) wet nursing (participle, present) wet nursed (participle, past) wet nursed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

dry nurse

Synonyms

wet-nurse wetnurse amah

Questions

What does wet nurse mean?
A woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child.

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